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  Let me remind you that you can sign up for my newsletter here: My monthly newsletter Last month I received a number of excellent responses to my thoughts in the newsletter about giving spoilers to readers so that they won't get anxiety about what's going to happen to the characters in the book. There was also one negative response. Maybe I'll elaborate on that in the newsletter I'm doing for this month. I had also promised to address the hollow promises of fortune cookies. You'll have to sign up for the letter to discover what I have to say about those things. In the meantime, I recently had occasion to contemplate the tribute we pay to our dead.  I traveled with my dad to Afton Wyoming for the funeral of his sister. She was the oldest child of his siblings. Three other siblings had preceded her in death. I've observed that the longer I'm around, the more people I know who have crossed the river into eternity.  In fact, today I learned that one of my frien...

 Author Interview  with Claudia Klein Author of The Heir and The Crown Note that I have interjected a comments and questions (in parentheses and in italics) throughout the body of Claudia's interview. She may post responses in the comments, or send me her responses in an email and I will supplement them into the interview later). Please tell me a little about your current work in progress. I’m currently working on the sequel to my debut novel, The Heir.   The sequel will be out in 6 months and it’s called The Crown . (It has taken me some time to work through the author interviews. Claudia sent me this interview in November 2020. Is The Crown available yet? If so, send me the cover pic with a brief description and I'll add it to the interview.) Where did you get the idea for this book or series? I wanted to write a book where the bad guy wins. That’s why one of the main characters, Prince Thomas isn’t the best of characters. But I discovered during the writing of...